Verse 8

It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
  • Jer 17:5-7 : 5 Thus says the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the LORD. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
  • Ps 62:8-9 : 8 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
  • Mic 7:5-7 : 5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. 6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.